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Weather 101: Cloud Formations
This Weather 101 site provides information to the boater about different cloud formations and what they mean to a boater.
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds
Meet the different kinds of clouds found in our atmosphere! Included are answers to why clouds are white, why they turn gray, what is fog, cloud chart, links to cloud lesson plans, and more!
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Clouds: Earth's Security Blanket
Animated resource helps young researchers understand clouds, cloud formation, and types of clouds.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Create a Portable Cloud
In this hands-on activity, students experiment to discover how moisture, pressure, temperature, and condensation nuclei play a role in cloud formation.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Clouds
Find out all about clouds and how they are formed at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page. Nice photographs of different types of clouds enrich the site.
USA Today
Usa Today: Understanding Clouds and Fog
Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Three Main Ingredients Needed to Create a Cloud in a Bottle
In the science lab, students will create and observe the conditions necessary to make a cloud in a bottle.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 3 10 14: Fingerprinting Clouds
Scientist have recently discovered that clouds possess far more unique traits than just their shapes. Read about the scientific discovery that at least some clouds contain biological particles that can be analyzed to show where the cloud...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Soaring the Glory
Absolutely fascinating site on an interesting cloud phenomenon called the Morning Glory! Discover something new as you learn all about this massive backwards-rolling cloud formation.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds
Weather site for kids highlights clouds. Discover how they are formed, learn to make fog in a jar, read about the damage they can cause and take a cloud quiz.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds Images
Photos of various types of clouds and diagrams to help you understand clouds.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Weather or Not
Simple experiments for exploring clouds and cloud formation. You'll find out whether dust in the air helps cloud formation and discuss how dust helps meteorologists make weather predictions.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "What Are Clouds?" by Nasa
This informational text explains the formation of different clouds and how they contribute to different types of weather on Earth. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: All About Clouds
This lesson uses hands-on activities and trade books along with websites to explain the formation of clouds. This lesson may be used in conjunction with a weather unit.
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Cloudman's Mini Cloud Atlas: The 12 Basic Cloud Classifications
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
Tramline
Tramline: Tornado Field Trip
In this virtual field trip students learn about the formation of tornadoes. Students also visit websites where they can research various types of information about tornadoes.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Cloud Poem Animation
This animation, in a storybook format, tells the various types of clouds (stratus, cirrus, nimbus) through a picture poem.
Library of Congress
Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Cloudsand Precipitation
Find out about the development of clouds, types of clouds, and precipitation. Includes diagrams and illustrations.
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Kidstorm: Lightning
Learn about lightning formation and lightning safety with this detailed webpage.
Curated OER
Cumulus Clouds Are Big and Fluffy
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.
Curated OER
Stratus Clouds Look Like a Blanket
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.
Curated OER
Clouds
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Groundhog Day 2010 [Pdf]
Designed for Grades K-8, this teaching guide is chock-full of ideas for celebrating Groundhog Day, with activities like making shadow puppets, examining weather lore and studying cloud formations.
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